NASCAR would be better with an international presence. The odds of making this happen are long, longer than walking around Talladega after drinking a gallon of eggnog.

NBC

The network tried to pry away NASCAR rights a year early. Now it has to wait and watch while its shiny new toy sits on the ESPN programming shelf for one more year. How much will ESPN cover the sport in a lame duck situation? How will it cover a sport it doesn’t broadcast? Hockey fans will tell you this situation stinks. NBC might feel the same way for another 12 months.

The holiday push is here. Don’t let a large bearded man ruin your holiday. Turn that frown upside down and remember Daytona is a day closer away.

Dan Farkas

Dan Farkas has won more than two-dozen awards for his reporting and started writing about NASCAR in 2007. Connect with him on Twitter @danfarkas.